Shade-supporting means



E. F. OLIVER SHADE SUPPORTING MEANS Feb. 5 1924.

Filed Nov. 23. 1922 11v VENTOR f @6011 A TTORNE Y Patented Feb. 5, i924.

raise EDEN F. OLIVER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO KORRECTOLITE COM- PANY, INCL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SHADE-SUPPORTING- MEAN S.

Application filed November 23, 1922.

To all whom it may conocwt:

Be it known that I, EBEN F. Omvnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade- Supporting Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shade supporting means for electric bulbs and has for its main object and feature the product on of simple and inexpensive means for rigidly and detachably securing a shade to an electric bulb.

In the accompanying drawings the lnvention is disclosed in a concrete and preferred form in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional vlew through a shade or bowl showing the bulb in elevation and disclosing the carrying means for the shade.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on a plane at right angles to the section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of a spring clip.

4 is a vertical sectional v1ew of a carrying member.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the plane of line :?5 of Fig. 2.

(3 is a sectional view of the lower end of Fig. 2 and on a plane at rlght angles thereto.

1 indicates an electric bulb and 2 is the shade or bowl to be supported on the bulb. 3 is a spring clip having two main loops 4 and a downwardly projecting loop 5. The main loops pass around the bulb as shown so that loop 5 projects downwardly from the tip end of the bulb and forms a yoke. 6 is a carrying member in the form of a cylinder having vertical slots 7. The upper end of 6 is in effect an abutment portion in that, when loop 5 is slipped over 6, the wires constituting loop 5 extend through slots 7 and at the point 8 where loop 5 begins the wires thereof engage the end 9 of slots 7 and thus draw carryingmember 6 against the tip of the bulb. 1O 1nd1cates a cushioning member seated 1n the abutment Serial No. 602,723.

portion of member 6 and into which the tip of the bulb projects. The lower end of member 6 is threaded and the shade is provided with a central opening somewhat larger than member 6. 11 is a nut having internal threads which engage the threaded portion of carrying members 6 and thus draws the shade against the clip at the point 8. 12 indicates washers that may be interposed to protect the glass of the shade.

It will of course be understood that the word downwardly is used in a relative sense, and that the bulb may extend in any direction.

I claim:

1. The combination with an electric bulb, of a spring clip to clasp the bulb, a downwardly projecting loop on said spring clip forming a yoke extending below the tip of the bulb, a carrying member having an abutment portion abutting against the tip of the bulb and having vertical slots in its side wall below the abutment portion, said loop passing outside the abutment portion and into the slots aforesaid to draw the carrying member against the bulb, a shade having a central opening through which the carrying member passes, and means for se curing the shade to the carrying member.

2. The combination with an electric bulb, of a spring clip to clasp the bulb, a down-- wardly projecting loop on said spring clip forming a yoke extending below the tip of the bulb, a carrying member having an abutment portion abutting against the tip of the bulb and having vertical slots in its side wall below the abutment portion, said loop passing outside the abutment portion and into the slots aforesaid to draw the carrying member against the bulb, a shade having a central opening through which the carrying member passes and a threaded nut engaging the carrying member to draw the shade against the spring clip.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 21st day of November, 1922.

EBEN F. OLIVER. 

